By M.O. Ene The quest for political power in a presidential democracy is not for the fainthearted. To win, opponents sow seeds of doubts, but lies convert to campaigns of calumny. Fat and fact-free fabrications drag harsh winds that nurture a tsunami of hate. It is okay to take sides in elections, but it is … [Read more…]
As heartbreaking and condemnable as the broad daylight and gruesome assassination on Wednesday, 22 February 2023, of one of Nkanu’s finest lawyers and politicians, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu, a native of Amurri in Nkanu-West, along Amechi road, Awkunanaw, Enugu South LGA, while coming back from one of his numerous campaign tours in the build-up to the … [Read more…]
My Lord the Chief Justice, I read with utter consternation, your press statement issued on your behalf by your Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, wherein you took the unprecedented step to gag the public in criticizing the apex court. I must hasten to say from the onset that the Supreme Court is one … [Read more…]
By M. O. ENE A pretzel is a baked pastry made from flour rolled into distinctive intertwined and twisted shapes. January 13, 2002: President George W. Bush was watching Sunday night American football on television in the White House. He chose to snack on crunchy pretzels, instead of his regular cheeseburger pizza. Somehow, a piece … [Read more…]
On Sunday, February 5, the Okeifufe Campaign of Frank Nweke Jr, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance delivered a wheelchair to Abdullahman, a PLWD in Enugu. The man, who is lame and mute, had a chance encounter with Nweke while the APGA governorship candidate was on a campaign market tour of Ogbete … [Read more…]
By Steve Oruruo It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who made the immortal assertion that life is a journey and not a destination. Unarguably, Enugu state owes much of its tranquil political climate and robust democracy to PDP’s unwritten zoning formula – a principle deeply rooted in the power of ideological variety, equity, fairness and egalitarianism., … [Read more…]
By Ozor Chuma Ike Magbo When the Bolivian military managed to find Che Guevara out of hiding with the information off a shepherd, they asked the shepherd: “Why denouncing a man who sacrificed himself yet for your freedom and well-being?” The shepherd replied: “I denounced him because the crackling of arms scares my animals in … [Read more…]
… Representation: Based on Track Record of Stellar Performance or Empathy to Fault-finders? By Nnamani Samuel Freeman (Ilo ka n’ Uno) Given the deservedly popular political status of the incumbent Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Lawrence Ifeanyichukwu Ugwuanyi (CON), not only in the South-east but in the Nigerian political sphere, it is presumably no … [Read more…]
By M.O. Ene “Uche bụ akpa; onyeọbụla nya nke ya.” (The mind is like a bag; everyone has one.) Everyone has something to say; opinions are a-dozen-a-dime. When we craft a mantra, a slogan, we must clarify what it means, no matter how catching the phrase. Clarification is more desirable when a mantra is rendered … [Read more…]
By Dr. Samson Abanni Have you noticed how we have become an armed society, a community at war with itself. We can call the wielders of guns various name and argue till eternity about their origins but the truth is that without the cooperation of the soil the beast cannot walk on it. The arms … [Read more…]
…The desperation of Lucky Chukwu and his notorious cohorts By Ability Chukwuemeka Mbah Waking up this first Saturday morning of this beautiful year 2023 to a video making round our social media spaces of Chief Lucky Chukwu, the elder brother to Enugu East Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Barr Oyibo Chukwu addressing some of the Party’s … [Read more…]
Christmas seems to come with different feelings for different people, and these feelings change at each stage of life. I hated Christmas and anything that reminded me of it. “Felix navidad, Felix navidad 🎶🎶”, Onwudinjo sang, but kept mute and shrank at the sight of me. I had warned him about singing of Christmas rhymes … [Read more…]